Non-Specific Abdominal Pain and Air Pollution: A Novel Association

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Kaplan, Gilaad G ^a,b   Szyszkowicz, Mieczyslaw ^c   Fichna, Jakub ^e   Rowe, Brian H ^d   Porada, Eugeniusz ^c   Vincent, Renaud ^c   Madsen, Karen ^d   Ghosh, Subrata ^a   Storr, Martin ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISCERAL PAIN; WRITHING TEST;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEX FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84868282993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047669     Document Type: Article

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